page_title: EMD GP30
section_title: Preserved units
hierarchical_section_title: EMD GP30 / Preserved units
caption_attribution_description: English: Showing her classic GP30 roof hump
context_page_description: The EMD GP30 is a 2,250 hp four-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July 1961 and November 1963. A total of 948 units were built for railroads in the United States and Canada, including 40 cabless B units for the Union Pacific Railroad.
  It was the first so-called "second generation" EMD diesel locomotive, and was produced in response to increased competition by a new entrant, General Electric's U25B, which was released roughly at the same time as the GP30. The GP30 is easily recognizable due to its high profile and stepped cab roof, unique among American locomotives. A number are still in service today in original or rebuilt form.
context_section_description: Many GP30s have been preserved by a variety of museums, societies and tourist railways; none of the cabless booster units were preserved, however. A number of these preserved locomotives are in operational condition. The following is a list of preserved GP30s in North America. One has yet to be preserved, that being former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad #6955.
  Baltimore & Ohio #6944 is preserved and operable at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
  Branson Scenic #99, formerly Baltimore & Ohio 6973, is currently in operation on the Branson Scenic Railway as the south end locomotive.
  Canadian Pacific #5000 (one of only two GP30s built in Canada) is preserved in its as-retired condition at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton, Alberta.
  Conrail #2233, a former PRR engine, is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. It is believed to be serviceable, but is currently a static display.
  Cotton Belt #5006 is preserved at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
  Denver & Rio Grande Western #3011 is preserved at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.
  New Hope & Ivyland #2198, formerly Pennsylvania Railroad 2250 is currently running in daily service hauling tourist trains in New Hope, Pennsylvania
  Nickel Plate Road #900 is preserved at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio.
  Nickel Plate Road #901 & Great Miami Railway #30 (ex-Nickel Plate 902) are preserved, and operating for the Cincinnati Railway Company, Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad, and the Cincinnati Dinner Train.
  Norfolk & Western #522 is preserved in operating condition by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, and is currently stored at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum.
  Reading #5513, the first production GP30, is preserved by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Operational in the 1980s and 1990s, it is currently awaiting repair.
  RBMN #2535, a GP30u of Santa Fe heritage is preserved in operating condition and currently in active service at the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
  Soo Line #700 is preserved at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota, restored for use on their North Shore Scenic Railroad.
  Soo Line #703 is preserved at the Colfax Railroad Museum in Colfax, Wisconsin.
  Southern #2594 is preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia and is operational. (currently leased to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum)
  Southern #2601 is preserved and operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina
  Union Pacific #844, the engine that necessitated the renumbering of UP steam engine #844 to #8444 from 1962 to its retirement in 1989, is preserved and in use at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada, also known as the Nevada Southern Railway.
  Union Pacific #849 is preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum.
  Waldens Ridge Railroad #1030, still in Seaboard System paint is on loan from the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum to the Orlando Northwestern Railroad operating excursions in the Orlando area, and waiting to be restored back to its original Louisville and Nashville appearance.
  Waldens Ridge Railroad #2561 and #2608, both former Southern locomotives are preserved at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum.
  Western Maryland #501 & #502 (501 is ex- Pennsylvania Railroad 2249 and 502 is ex- Reading Company 5507) are preserved with both in active service on the Western Maryland Scenic.
  Wisconsin Central #715, a former Soo Line engine, is preserved at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
caption: New Hope and Ivyland Railroad 2198
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